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| 197032064 | delineate | describe with accuracy or in detail | |
| 197032065 | inequity | injustice | |
| 197032066 | indolence | inclination to laziness | |
| 197032067 | convoluted | intricate | |
| 197032068 | supercilious | haughty, snobbish | |
| 198038470 | stasis | stoppage, slowing | |
| 198038471 | narcissism | love of one's self or body | |
| 198038472 | pundit | a critic or learned man | |
| 198038473 | dionysian | one with nature | |
| 198038474 | apollonian | controlling nature | |
| 200995458 | allegory | extended metaphor | |
| 200995459 | erudition | bookish learning | |
| 200995460 | non sequitur | does not follow | |
| 200995461 | aesthetics | philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty | |
| 200995462 | efficacious | having the power to produce the desired effect; effective | |
| 203134185 | foible | flaw | |
| 203134186 | histrionic | overly dramatic | |
| 203134187 | bellicose | inclined to quarrel | |
| 203134188 | exacerbate | irritate or make worse | |
| 203134189 | analogy | a comparison made to show such a similarity | |
| 210707185 | mitigate | to make milder | |
| 210707186 | languish | to lose or lack vitality | |
| 210707187 | austere | cleverly simple | |
| 210707188 | taciturn | tightly lipped | |
| 210707189 | naivete | irony resulting from innocence | |
| 210707190 | loquacity | talkativeness | |
| 210707191 | analogous | partially similar | |
| 210707192 | excoriate | harshly criticizing | |
| 210707193 | reticence | disposition to silence | |
| 210707194 | anaphora | repitition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses | |
| 215604566 | mellifluous | pleasing | |
| 215604567 | querulous | peevish or complaining | |
| 215604568 | ignoble | of low position or reputation | |
| 215604569 | vitriolic | hostile or caustic | |
| 215604570 | motif | a dominant, recurring theme | |
| 223299172 | incendiary | tending to stir up strife | |
| 223299173 | arcane | mysteriously secret | |
| 223299174 | mundane | dull, routine | |
| 223299175 | cavalier | off hand | |
| 223299176 | euphemism | milder expression for something | |
| 225352683 | anomaly | irregularity | |
| 225352684 | pallid | pale | |
| 225352685 | culpable | deserving blame | |
| 225352686 | plethora | glut, oversupply | |
| 225352687 | paradox | a statement that appears contradictory but upon closer inspection proves true | |
| 238121878 | augment | to increase | |
| 238121879 | daughty | valiant, brave | |
| 238121880 | vignette | short character sketch | |
| 238121881 | impugn | to oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity | |
| 238121882 | syllogism | reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two propositions | |
| 248192697 | alacrity | cheerful readiness | |
| 248192698 | insidious | sly, sneaky | |
| 248192699 | surly | sullen, resentfully silent | |
| 248192700 | decrepit | weakened by age or infirmity | |
| 248192701 | satire | making fun in order to effect a change | |
| 248192702 | sinecure | position requiring little effort but having much prestige/profit | |
| 248192703 | palpable | that can be touched or felt | |
| 248192704 | prosaic | factual like | |
| 248192705 | befuddle | to confuse or make drunk | |
| 248192706 | parody | imitates a literary work in a lowly, comical way | |
| 286374146 | malodorous | bad smell | |
| 286374147 | colloquial | of familiar language | |
| 286374148 | didactic | designed to teach | |
| 286374149 | oblique | indirect, not straightforward | |
| 286374150 | forlorn | miserable | |
| 286374151 | spurious | false, fake | |
| 286374152 | ephemeral | lasting a short time | |
| 286374153 | prodigious | amazing, astonishing, vast | |
| 286374154 | ingenuity | cleverness, inventiveness | |
| 286374155 | chastise | rebuke or reprimand severely | |
| 298225969 | derogatory | insulting | |
| 298225970 | subjugate | to subdue or vanquish | |
| 298225971 | pejorative | belittling | |
| 298225972 | usury | lending money at an exorbitant rate | |
| 298225973 | transient | of short duration | |
| 298230544 | disdain | scorn or contempt | |
| 298230545 | ambiguous | unclear | |
| 298230546 | fervent | impassioned | |
| 298230547 | tout | to praise or publicize loudly | |
| 298230548 | compunction | an anxiety resulting from the awareness of guilt | |
| 313040510 | Vacillate | to flucuate | |
| 313040511 | Decry | to express strong disapproval | |
| 313040512 | Trepidation | fear or anxiety | |
| 313040513 | Ruminate | meditate or ponder | |
| 313040514 | Disparage | criticize or belittle | |
| 313040515 | Acquiesce | to agree | |
| 313040516 | Acumen | quickness | |
| 313040517 | Catharsis | refreshing release of emotional tension | |
| 313040518 | Chicanery | deception by trickery | |
| 313040519 | Boon | benefit or blessing | |
| 318968109 | fealty | faithfulness, allegiance | |
| 318968110 | patois | regional dialect | |
| 318968111 | penultimate | next to last | |
| 318968112 | red herring | a false, diversionary clue | |
| 318968113 | deus ex machina | contrived device used at the end of the story to tie everything up in a nice neat little bow | |
| 318968114 | litote | understatement in which the negation of the opposite is used | |
| 318968115 | nefarious | wicked | |
| 318968116 | in media res | the technique of starting a story in the middle then using flashback to tell what happened earlier | |
| 318968117 | homily | "sermon", but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | |
| 318968118 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language |
